Walk Score just launched a new Travel Time API that allows users to calculate travel times to and from a large number of places.

A new app, Walkonomics, is focused on determining the walkability of streets by looking at 8 key research factors. The designer identified these factors as follows: road safety, ease of crossing the street, quality of sidewalks, hilliness, east of navigation, fear of crime, and both the aesthetic and fun quality of the street.

A webinar entitled “Technical Assessment of State Pedestrian Safety Programs” will take place Thursday, March 14 from 10:00 am – 11:30 am. The webinar will focus on pedestrian safety program activities based on the National Highway Transportation safety Administration’s Guidelines.

A 26-year-old political scientist in Mexico City often takes on his alter ego, Peatónito, todefend the rights on pedestrians in public space. Wearing a mask and cape, Jorge Cáñez and his friends take to the streets and physically block cars that infringe upon pedestrian space in crosswalks.